Tenth Generation

9430. Ralph M. Skillman was born about 1907 in Maryland. He was buried at Immaculate Conception Parish Cemetery in Elkton, Cecil, MD.

Ralph M. Skillman and Margaret Catherine Roberts were married. Margaret Catherine Roberts, daughter of James M. Roberts and Laura E. Unknown, was born in 1906 in Fair Hills, Cecil, MD. She appeared in the census in 1930 at ED 4 in Elk Mills, Cecil, MD. In the 1930 Census her father was Head of the family and she and her three children lived with him, plus a Boarder, Edna Laird, 22.

Ralph M. Skillman-29796 and Margaret Catherine Roberts-81559 had the following children:

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Ralph Roberts Skillman was born in 1926 in Maryland. He served in the military from 16 September 1943 to 16 November 1944 in U.S. Navy. Rank: AOM2C (Aviation Ordnanceman, 2nd Class) He died on 25 October 1944 at the age of 18. Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class, Ralph Robert Skillman, USNR, dead, missing (transcriber's note, this is what was printed, there was obviously some error) Mrs. Margaret R. Skillman, mother, 201 Kingston Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Rootsweb has that he died in the battle for Leyte Gulf, aboard the USS Suwannee, CVE27, 25-26 Oct. 1944

KIA WWII Memorial

From "The World War II Honor Roll": Service No. 7225068
Entered Service from Delaware, MIA or buried at sea.
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.
Awards: Purple Heart.

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James Rayvell "Jim" Skillman-81561.

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Francis R. Skillman-81562.